Thomas closes in on victory after passing final mountain test
UAE-Emirates have a stage win but not for Alexander Kristoff so it's probably all in for him unless they put a man in the escape. But given the length of the time trial this year, Dumoulin might need to make up time on Friday to have a chance on Saturday.

Russia's Command in Syria Thanks the IDF for Attacking ISIS
It was also learned that the army units fended off on Wednesday an attack by Daesh radicals in three villages east of Sweida. While the Syrian army managed to prevent another attack two suicide bombers belonging to the group " Islamic state ".

Kohli’s ‘mic drop’ adds "spice" to five-Test series, says Root
India would have ended with far less if it wasn't for Kohli withstanding a thorough examination of his skill and temperament. England have squandered a promising start against India to close the opening day of the first Test on 9-285 at Edgbaston.

Elon Musk says sorry, starts acting like a real CEO
The CEO carried out a reorganization last quarter and announced that 9 per cent of the company's workforce would be dismissed. In the previous quarter, Musk called questions posed by two analysts "boring" and "boneheaded", and refused to answer them.

Samsung Revenue Falls 4% in Q2

"Second quarter revenue fell due to softer sales of smartphones and display panels, despite robust demand for memory chips", said the South Korea-based giant. He also thinks Samsung could have a three-generation lead over its rival Apple Inc.'s iPhone when it comes to 5G technology, something that would also help its cause going forward.

Consolidated operating profit stood at 14.87 trillion won (13.3 billion USA dollars) in the April-June quarter, up 5.7 percent from the same period of past year. These bundles are the company's attempt at increasing the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 as this may be the last one of the series if the device doesn't bring in enough revenue.

Samsung's IM division, which used to account for the majority of the vendor's overall operating profits, posted operating profits of KRW2.67 trillion on revenues of KRW24.0 trillion in the second quarter of 2018.

"With new flagship smartphone model launches, every content will increase in midrange models because smartphone makers support high-specification mobile games on device AI and dual camera as differentiation point [s]", Chun said.

The company spent 8 trillion won (7.2 billion US dollars) in capital expenditure in the second quarter, including 6.1 trillion won (5.5 billion USA dollars) for the chip business and 1.1 trillion won (984 million US dollars) for the display panel division.

Turkey moves USA pastor from prison to house arrest
The High Criminal Court no:2 in Izmir chose to turn Brunson's detention into house arrest due to his "health problems". One of Brunson's attorneys is Jay Sekulow, who also represents Trump in the Russian Federation investigation.

The main culprit for Samsung's lackluster results was handset sales. "The mobile market condition will likely remain challenging in the second half of the year amid pricing competition and new product launches".

Samsung launched the Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 smartphones with Super AMOLED Infinity display in India. A big feature for these types of devices is battery size and Samsung has been able to fit in a 7,300mAh capacity battery inside the 2018 Galaxy Tab A 10.5.

Results dipped below an 11.05 trillion won net profit recorded for the same period past year.

Thanks to what is reportedly a poster in a Korean carrier store, it looks as if we now know the Note 9's release date: August 24.

The company said it will continue to solidify its reputation in the market for large-sized TVs down the road. While Samsung is the largest DRAM manufacturer, it has also been benefiting from a favorable product mix, with higher sales of high-density and high-bandwidth products.